MOTM

Hi all,

I'm new to this list (and to analog synths).
So here are some beginner questions.

My intension is not to build a complete analog synth.
(Well not at the moment anyway, someone told me this can be very 
addictive...)
What I want to do is applying some extra filters or effects on sounds.
For the moment I got a MOTM-410 and 510 working. (Paul, I received the 
120 today, yay!)
I'm still experimenting, but so far, great fun!

Anyway, I'm wondering if I lose much of the functionality by using 
"regular" sound levels? Especially on the 510, this thing looks like it 
"losing" some of it's cool warp thingies when using "regular" audio. 
This is not a problem on the 410, you even have less solder work ;-)  So 
should I make an amplifier to get my "regular" audio levels up to 10V? 
And some kind of attenuator to go back to "regular" levels? What do you 
use to get your 10V signals back to 1V?
I hope you're following 'cos I'm not sure I do....

Anyway, any help appreciated....

Cheers,
Tom



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If you did the higher gain option on the 410, then you're cool.

In general, the signal to noise ratio in your average motm module is high enough that any 
generous +4 signal (a couple volts), will work fine. It's not necessary to have every signal 
hitting the rails.

The wavewarper is kind of a special case, as the bizarre transformations of extreme levels 
through that thing may be interesting.

Max


--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Tom Adam <tom.adam@p...> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to this list (and to analog synths).
> So here are some beginner questions.
> 
> My intension is not to build a complete analog synth.
> (Well not at the moment anyway, someone told me this can be very 
> addictive...)
> What I want to do is applying some extra filters or effects on sounds.
> For the moment I got a MOTM-410 and 510 working. (Paul, I received the 
> 120 today, yay!)
> I'm still experimenting, but so far, great fun!
> 
> Anyway, I'm wondering if I lose much of the functionality by using 
> "regular" sound levels? Especially on the 510, this thing looks like it 
> "losing" some of it's cool warp thingies when using "regular" audio. 
> This is not a problem on the 410, you even have less solder work ;-)  So 
> should I make an amplifier to get my "regular" audio levels up to 10V? 
> And some kind of attenuator to go back to "regular" levels? What do you 
> use to get your 10V signals back to 1V?
> I hope you're following 'cos I'm not sure I do....
> 
> Anyway, any help appreciated....
> 
> Cheers,
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
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